President Higgins welcomed Mr John F. Ryan, Professor Tadhg Foley, Professor Emeritus of English, University of Galway, Professor Luke Gibbons and Professor Terry Eagleton, Professor Emeritus of English, University of Oxford, to Áras an Uachtaráin on a courtesy call.
John F. Ryan presented the President with a copy of his biography of Gerald O'Donovan: A Life.
